BMW M Motorsport News, 3rd June 2025.

Björn Lellmann, Head of Customer Racing at BMW M Motorsport:

"Last weekend, the European focus for our customer teams was on the GT World Challenge Europe. At Monza, AlManar Racing by WRT and Century Motorsport celebrated fantastic class victories with the BMW M4 GT3 EVO. Beyond that, there was even more reason for us to celebrate. It’s fantastic that our BMW M Racing Academy member Nerea Martí secured her first win of the season with the BMW M4 GT4 EVO in Spain. There were also two class victories with our GT4 car in GT4 Australia. And in the GT World Challenge Asia, Team KRC’s impressive streak continues with an overall podium and a class victory. Congratulations to everyone involved!"

GT World Challenge Asia: Overall podium and class victory for Team KRC.

Team KRC and drivers Ruan Cun Fan (CHN) and Maxime Oosten (NED) continue to dominate the Sil-Am class of the GT World Challenge Asia powered by AWS. At the race weekend on Thailand's Chang International Circuit, the duo added more successes to their already impressive season record. After finishing second in class in the first race, the #89 BMW M4 GT3 EVO triumphed in the Sil-Am category in the second race and came within just 0.350 seconds of an overall victory. Ruan Cun Fan and Oosten celebrated second place overall on the podium. In the Sil-Am driver standings, the pair extended their already commanding lead. In the Pro-Am class, Team PLUS with BMW M Team Studie competed with the #5 BMW M4 GT3 EVO. Drivers Seiji Ara and Tomohide Yamaguchi (both JPN) finished seventh and eleventh in Thailand.

BMW M Racing Academy: Victory for Nerea Martí in the BMW M4 GT4 EVO.
BMW M Racing Academy participant Nerea Martí (ESP) celebrated her first win of the season in the Iberian SuperCars Series last weekend in the BMW M4 GT4 EVO. At Jarama (ESP), she triumphed alongside José de los Milagros (ESP) in the first of two races. Martí finished the second race as the closing driver in second place. "I am very happy about the win at Jarama," said Martí. "Second place in the second race also confirms that our joint work with the BMW team since Portimão has paid off. We tried many different things and settings, and they worked. The BMW M4 GT4 EVO was very easy and comfortable to drive. We really enjoyed the weekend. Now I’m looking forward to the next races in my hometown of Valencia." The 23-year-old is one of four members of the "Class of 2025" in BMW M Motorsport's customer racing talent promotion programme.

GT4 Australia: Class victory in a chaotic race.
Heavy rain significantly impacted the first of two GT4 Australia races at Queensland Raceway, leading to a chaotic race and an early stoppage following an accident. Amid the turmoil, Cody Burcher and Tim Leahey (both AUS) in the #22 BMW M4 GT4 from Ashley Seward Motorsport kept their composure and celebrated second place overall – equivalent to a victory in the Silver class. In the second race, the duo again performed well, finishing fifth overall and fourth in the Silver category, making them the best BMW crew. However, the most reason to celebrate went to Jacob Lawrence. The Australian driver won the Am category as seventh overall in his #32 BMW M4 GT4 from Randall Racing.